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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\ (f[=a]"v[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [Written
     also favourable.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored,
     popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]
     1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind;
        propitious; friendly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Lend favorable ears to our request.   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps.
                                                    lxxxv. 1.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate;
        advantageous; convenient.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A place very favorable for the making levies of men.
                                                    --Clarendon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The temper of the climate, favorable to generation,
              health, and long life.                --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
        Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The favorableness of the present times to all
              exertions in the cause of liberty.    --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\, a. [Written also favourable.] [F.
     favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr.
     favor. See Favor, n.]
     1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind;
        propitious; friendly.
  
              Lend favorable ears to our request.   --Shak.
  
              Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps.
                                                    lxxxv. 1.
  
     2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate;
        advantageous; convenient.
  
              A place very favorable for the making levies of men.
                                                    --Clarendon.
  
              The temper of the climate, favorable to generation,
              health, and long life.                --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
  
     3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
        Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv.
  
              The faborableness of the present times to all
              extertions in the cause of liberty.   --Burke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  favorable
       adj 1: very favorable or advantageous; "a golden opportunity" [syn:
               golden]
       2: encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply";
          "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a
          favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression" [syn: favourable]
          [ant: unfavorable]
       3: (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the
          days were fair and the winds were favorable" [syn: favourable]
          [ant: unfavorable]
       4: favorably disposed; not antagonistic; "a government
          favorable to our interests" [syn: well-disposed]
       5: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are
          auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable
          time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous
          moment to make a decision" [syn: auspicious, encouraging,
           favourable, lucky, prosperous]
       6: at a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to
          receive guests" [syn: favourable, opportune]
       7: granting what has been desired or requested; "a favorable
          reply"; "a positive answer" [syn: positive]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  favorable
     Γαλλικά a.
     ευνοϊκός, πρίμος, αίσιος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  favorable
     Catalan a.
     favourable
     French a.
     favourable, (l en favorable)
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm favourable)
     Spanish a.
     (l en favorable)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  favorable
     a.
     (lb en American spelling) (standard spelling of en favourable)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  favorable
     Catalan a.
     favourable
     French a.
     favourable, (l en favorable)
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm favourable)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  favorable
     Catalan a.
     favourable
     French a.
     favourable, (l en favorable)
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm favourable)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  favorable
     Espanja a.
     1 suosiollinen
     2 myönteinen, positiivinen
     Ranska a.
     suosiollinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/
  مناسب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/ 
  výhodný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/ 
  úspěšný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/ 
  příznivý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/
   [Am.] günstig, passend, zum richtigen Zeitpunkt 
     Synonyms: favourable, opportune
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/
   [Am.] günstig, vorteilhaft, positiv 
           Note: für
        "more favourable/favorable"  - günstiger, vorteilhafter
        "most favourable/favorable"  - am günstigsten, am vorteilhaftesten
     Synonyms: favourable, benign, benignant
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/
  povoljan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/
  1. kedvezô
  2. elônyös

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  favourable, favorable /ˈfeɪvərəbəl/ 
   1.  aprobujący (to sth - coś)
   2.  korzystny
   3.  sprzyjający (to sth - czemuś)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/ 
  favorável

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  favorable /fˈeɪvəɹəbəl/
  1. uygun, müsait, elverişli, münasip
  2. lütufkâr
  3. taraftar, lehte
  4. güzel. favorably  Lehinde, iyi, yolunda.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  favorable /favoʁˈabl/
  a-du

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  благоприя́тен 2.
  Qui est avantageux et tel qu’on le désire pour la fin qu’on se propose
   3.
  Qui est à l’avantage de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose
   4.
  Qui marque une bienveillante attention, une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  strafmildernd 2.
  Qui est avantageux et tel qu’on le désire pour la fin qu’on se propose
   3.
  Qui est à l’avantage de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose
   4.
  Qui marque une bienveillante attention, une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  ευνοϊκός

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  favorable /favoʀabl/ 
  advantageous, favourable

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  suopea
  Qui est avantageux et tel qu’on le désire pour la fin qu’on se propose

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  favorevole
  Qui est à l’avantage de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  faustus 2.
  Qui est avantageux et tel qu’on le désire pour la fin qu’on se propose
   3.
  Qui est à l’avantage de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose
   4.
  Qui marque une bienveillante attention, une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  favorable /favorabl/
  goedgezind, gunstig, toegenegen, welgezind

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  przychylny
  Qui marque une bienveillante attention, une préférence marquée pour quelqu’un

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  favorable /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/ 
  1. gynnsam, välvillig
  2. gunstig
  Qui est avantageux et tel qu’on le désire pour la fin qu’on se propose

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  favorable
  favorable

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  favorable
  favorable

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  favorable
  favorable

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  favorable /fˌaβoɾˈaβle/
  favoratible  

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  favorable /fˌaβoɾˈaβle/
  favorable

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  favorable /fˌaβoɾˈaβle/
  favoratible

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  favorable /fˌaβoɾˈaβle/
  favorable

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  favorable /fˌaβoɾˈaβle/
  favoratible

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  favorable /fˌaβoɾˈaβle/ 
  1. günstig
  2. vorteilhaft

From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:spa-eng ]

  favorable /fˌaβoɾˈaβle/
  advantageous, favourable

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfeɪvɝəbəɫ/, /ˈfeɪvɹəbəɫ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/faβoɾaβle/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/faβoɾaβle/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/favɔʁabl/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  200 Moby Thesaurus words for "favorable":
     accommodating, accommodative, accordant, acquiescent, advantageous,
     advisable, advocating, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing,
     alacritous, amenable, amiable, amicable, approbatory, appropriate,
     approving, ardent, assenting, auspicious, backing, becoming,
     befitting, beneficent, beneficial, benevolent, benign, benignant,
     bon, bonny, brave, braw, bright, bright with promise, brotherly,
     bueno, capital, cheering, cogent, commendable, commendatory,
     compliable, compliant, complimentary, congenial, congruous,
     consentient, consenting, content, convenient, cooperative, decent,
     desirable, dexter, disposed, docile, eager, elegant, encouraging,
     endorsing, enthusiastic, estimable, excellent, expedient, fain,
     fair, famous, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, favoring,
     feasible, felicitous, fine, fit, fitten, fitting, fortunate,
     forward, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, fructuous,
     full of promise, game, golden, good, goodly, grand, grateful,
     gratifying, happy, harmonious, healthful, healthy, helpful,
     helping, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, inspiring,
     inspiriting, kind, kindly, kindly-disposed, laudable, laudatory,
     likely, looking up, lucky, meet, minded, neighborlike, neighborly,
     nice, noble, nothing loath, of good omen, of happy portent,
     of promise, opportune, peaceable, permissive, pleasant, pleasing,
     pleasurable, pleasureful, pliant, politic, positive, praiseful,
     predisposed, pregnant of good, pro, profitable, promising, prompt,
     prone, proper, propitious, prosperous, providential, quick,
     ratifying, ready, ready and willing, reassuring, receptive,
     recommendable, recommendatory, regal, responsive, right, ripe,
     royal, salutary, sanctioning, seasonable, seemly, simpatico,
     sisterly, skillful, sociable, sortable, sound, splendid,
     submissive, suitable, supporting, supportive, sympathetic,
     sympathique, timely, to be desired, toward, tractable, ungrudging,
     unhostile, unloath, unrefusing, unreluctant, useful, valid,
     very good, virtuous, welcome, well-affected, well-disposed,
     well-inclined, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant,
     well-timed, white, wholesome, willed, willing, willinghearted,
     wise, worthwhile, zealous
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 有利的,赞许的,良好的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 有利的,赞许的,良好的

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